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DESI delivers a cosmological bombshell

01 Apr 2025

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument was meant to shed light on dark energy. Instead it has deepened the mystery surrounding the hypothetical substance.

The DESI telescope
Looking back in time The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument maps the universe by collecting spectra from millions of galaxies and quasars. (Courtesy: Marilyn Sargent/Berkeley Lab)
The first results from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) are a cosmological bombshell,

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